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Energy Access & Social Outcomes

The Cartel is cracking: How UAE’s Exit from OPEC affects Africa’s Energy Future

Africa · 2026 · Dr Adaobi Stephenie

The recent decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to leave OPEC has sent ripples across global oil markets. For Africa, where economies like Nigeria, Angola…

Upstream & Gas Systems

South Africa Petroleum Sector Briefing

South Africa · 2026 · Overcomer Efanga

South Africa remains a minor hydrocarbon producer but a significant regional consumer and importer of oil and refined products. The country is transitioning fro…

Upstream & Gas Systems

Nigeria Investment Pipeline Update

Nigeria · 2026 · Dairo Opetunde

Nigeria’s investment environment is improving in transaction volume and reform activity, but long-term project execution remains uneven. The macro backdrop is…

Upstream & Gas Systems

Ghana Country Briefing

Ghana · 2026 · Opetunde Dairo

Ghana is a politically stable Gulf of Guinea producer whose offshore petroleum industry has become an important element of West Africa’s energy landscape sinc…

Policy, Economics & Finance

Oil and Gas Block Commercialization

Africa · 2026 · Opetunde Dairo

The transition of an upstream oil and gas asset from a geologically promising discovery to a commercially viable producing block is fraught with technical, regu…

Power & Grids

Cairo 3A Off-Grid Hybrid Solar Project

Egypt · 2026 · Overcomer Efanga

The Cairo 3A project represents a flagship off-grid hybrid energy system in Egypt, designed to deliver reliable, sustainable electricity to a large-scale integr…

Upstream & Gas Systems

Uganda's Lake Albert Basin: Tilenga & Kingfisher Projects – Integrated Onshore-to-Export Oil Development

Uganda · 2026 · Overcomer Efanga

The Tilenga and Kingfisher developments represent Uganda’s first large-scale commercial oil production projects in the Lake Albert Rift Basin. Together they f…

Upstream & Gas Systems

Resolution of Nigeria's OPL 245 Dispute – Unlocking Deepwater Potential Amid Global Energy Volatility

Nigeria · 2026 · Overcomer Efanga

Nigeria has reached a landmark settlement resolving the long-running dispute surrounding Oil Prospecting License 245 (OPL 245), one of the country’s most comm…

Upstream & Gas Systems

Ethiopia Petroleum Sector Briefing

Ethopia · 2026 · Overcomer Efanga

Although Ethiopia is not currently a major oil or gas producer, the country has significant untapped hydrocarbon potential. Exploration efforts over the past tw…

Upstream & Gas Systems

Angola Gas Production – Quiluma Field

Angola · 2026 · Overcomer Efanga

The Quiluma field, part of Angola’s New Gas Consortium (NGC), has commenced gas production. This development represents a significant advancement within Angol…

Upstream & Gas Systems

Upstream Block Intelligence Report: PPL 2A51 (Oforola Field)

Nigeria · 2026 · Overcomer Efanga

Oforola is an existing oil discovery in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, located in the hydrocarbon-prolific Greater Ughelli Depobelt of the…

Emissions & Environmental Impact

Senegal’s Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Cooling Initiative

Senegal · 2026 · Overcomer Efanga

Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Cooling Solutions project, a strategic initiative to transform the national cooling sector while advancing the country’s…

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